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Staff and council members of Stellarton joined Central Nova MP Sean Fraser at the community hall on Park Street, also known as Leo Fahey Way in Stellarton. Fraser stopped in to check out the space and announce that more than $150,000 that will be given out in the Central Nova Riding this year to benefit […]

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Pictou County was recently boosted with the donation of $1,375 from Investors Group. The funds were made possible because IG provides financial support to non-profit organizations in which the spouses of their consultants are involved. In this case, Investors Group consultant Mike MacKean, left, received the funding on behalf of […]

The Pictou County Women’s Resource and Sexual Assault Centre started International Women’s Day off with some inspiration from Senator Dr. Wanda Thomas Bernard. The senator spoke during the breakfast event that took place at Summer Street last Thursday morning. Bernard took to the podium to talk about the roots of gender-based violence as well as […]

It was just two years ago the former Roseland Cabaret and former movie theatre on Provost Street, New Glasgow, was condemned and nearing demolition. That is when local lawyer and property manager Jamie MacGillivray took ownership of the property with the intent of restoring it to its former glory. Two years later, the roof of […]

A new business is making its way to Pictou County with the help of the Zehr family who just moved here from Ontario. Peter Zehr and his family are getting ready to open a market-style business in Alma, on the side of the highway at the intersection near the former Magic Valley fun park. “We’re […]

The nation’s newest $10 bank note was unveiled at the Halifax Central Library last week, and it featured a New Glasgow connection. Viola Desmond, a pioneering figure in civil rights in Canada known for refusing to give up her seat in a whites-only section of a movie theatre in New Glasgow, was honoured by the […]

The Kinsmen Club of New Glasgow recently made a $5,000 donation to the Pictou County Food Bank (East) at a Weeks Jr. A Crushers hockey game. The Kinsmen generate their funds through many club initiatives including Kinsmen Eastlink TV Bingo. Pictured from left are: John Russell, vice-president of the Kinsmen Club of New Glasgow; Ray […]

HALIFAX – Nova Scotia Power is activating its Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) at 8 p.m. tonight, (March 12) in advance of a major winter storm. “Weather forecasts are calling for heavy, wet snowfall and high winds, beginning on Tuesday into the early morning hours on Wednesday,” said Matt Drover, Nova Scotia Power’s storm lead. “In […]

A call from a stranger in Ontario has The Pictou County Military Museum gathering money to bring home the valour of a local soldier. The Canadian Memorial Cross of Private Robert Joseph Melanson of the Pictou Highlanders was found for auction on eBay by Dave Thomson of St. George, Ont. Thomson is a regular on […]

STELLARTON — Kids will have a chance to be kings and queens of the castle at the Museum of Industry. The museum is offering Once Upon a Castle medieval adventure from March 10 to 18 during this year’s March Break. Times are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Monday through Saturday and 10 a.m. to […]